Grass Valley, Western Australia

Grass Valley, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Grass Valley
state = wa


caption =
lga = Shire of Northam
pop =
postcode = 6403
est = 1898
stategov = Central Wheatbelt
fedgov = Pearce
dist1 = 110 | dir1 = ENE | location1 = Perth
dist2 = 13 | dir2 = E | location2 = Northam
coord|-31.639|116.806|type:city(50)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Grass Valley is a small townsite convert|13|km|mi|0 east of Northam, Western Australia in the Avon Valley area. The town is named after a local property of the same name that was established in 1833 by William Nairn.

The Northam to Kalgoorlie Eastern Goldfields Railway line passes through the town and includes a crossing loop. The railway was built through the area in 1894.Land was set aside for a townsite in 1898 and the town was gazetted in he same year.


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